1. Ira Deutchman is a producer, distributor and marketer of independent films.
20 Facts About Ira Deutchman
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Ira Deutchman served as Chair of the Film Program at Columbia University School of the Arts from 2011 to 2015, where he has been a Professor since 1987.
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Ira Deutchman was one of the original creative advisors to the Sundance Institute and formerly served on the board of advisors for the Sundance Film Festival.
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Ira Deutchman continues to produce films, consults on the marketing and distribution of independent films and teaches producing students in the MFA Film Program at Columbia University's School of the Arts.
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Ira Deutchman consults for Cinecitta on the marketing of Italian cinema in the United States.
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Ira Deutchman was awarded the first annual Spotlight Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Sundance Art House Convergence.
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Ira Deutchman was born in Cherry Point, NC, on a military base, where his father was serving in the Marines.
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Ira Deutchman spent his formative years on the south side of Chicago, graduating from the Myra Bradwell School in 1967.
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Ira Deutchman returned to the Chicago area to attend Northwestern University, graduating in 1975 with a BS in Speech, with a major in Radio, TV, Film.
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Shortly after graduation in 1975, Ira Deutchman began his professional career, working under Don Rugoff at Cinema 5 Ltd.
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Ira Deutchman left Fine Line in 1995, to co-found independent film production company, Redeemable Features, with partners Peter Newman and Greg Johnson.
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Ira Deutchman is a frequent speaker on the subject of digital film exhibition and marketing at US and international conferences, including those hosted by Power to the Pixel, the Producers Guild of America, and the Motion Picture Association.
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Ira Deutchman is a regular speaker and moderator each year at US and international film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, SXSW, Guadalajara Film Festival, Traverse City Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, IFP Independent Film Week, San Francisco International Film Festival and the Sao Paulo International Film Festival.
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Ira Deutchman began teaching at Columbia University in 1987 as an adjunct professor in the MFA Film Program of the School of the Arts.
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Ira Deutchman became a full-time Associate Professor in 2000, and was promoted to full Professor in 2009.
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Ira Deutchman was named Chair of the Film Program in July 2011 and served until 2015.
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Ira Deutchman's daughter, Emily Ira Deutchman, is an artist and furniture maker, and his wife, Beth Krieger, was communications director at a New York City independent school until 2019.
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In 2015, Ira Deutchman donated his extensive personal archives to the University of Michigan, which includes the archives of Orson Welles, Robert Altman, John Sayles, Alan Rudolph and Nancy Savoca.
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Ira Deutchman's collection includes over 40 years of documentation and artifacts of the independent film business from his time at Cinema 5 until the present.
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In 2019, Ira Deutchman completed a feature documentary as both producer and director entitled Searching for Mr Rugoff.